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Thomas Love Peacock: Irony and British Common Sense
Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) is not as famous as other nineteenth-century British writers, but his fame rests on his conversational...
Andre Di Carlo
16 lug 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Maths and a Black Hole: The Zero Theorem
In a dystopian future, Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz) is a social outcast who works as a programmer for a company called Mancom. He loathes...
Cersosimo Francesca Laura
15 lug 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


5 awesome facts about Scorsese's After Hours
Shot in 1985, After Hours is one of the most unexpected movies by Martin Scorsese, filmed in a dark time of his career and surprisingly...
Francesca Laura Cersosimo
10 lug 2016Tempo di lettura: 3 min


An Italian Tale: Enzo D'Alò and his Paper Dreams
If we talk about animation in Italy, Enzo D’Alò is definitely the first name to come up. He wrote and directed cartoons based on...
Tommaso Carlo Mascolo
6 lug 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Catch a ride on Taxi Teheran
Catch a ride through the chaotic streets of Teheran with director Jafar Panahi at the wheel and the people of the city in the back seat....
Francesca Laura Cersosimo
16 giu 2016Tempo di lettura: 3 min


Some Notes on T.S. Eliot: for a Complex Modernism
From an epistemological point of view, the nineteenth century bade defiance to long-established knowledge. Lyell and Darwin, through...
Andrea Di Carlo
9 giu 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


The Little We Know About the Nude and the Naked
What is it with the nude that induces such emotional reactions? One of the reasons might be that they often generate associations of...
Patricia Plaszczyk
29 mag 2016Tempo di lettura: 3 min


The Last Will Be the Last: the drama of unemployment
The Last Will Be the Last (Gli ultimi saranno ultimi) is the second movie directed by Massimiliano Bruno, starring Paola Cortellesi and...
Tommaso Carlo Mascolo
28 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Six things you probably didn’t know about Futurism
Born as the most instinctual and – possibly – irrational response to 20th century scientific and technological innovations, Futurism was...

Giulia Carletti
26 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 4 min


Shakespeare: 400 years later
In German they call it Nachleben, the reception of a literary figure or an epoch at later stages. On April the 23rd, the whole world is...
Andrea Di Carlo
23 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Jeeg Robot, an Italian superhero
At Tor Bella Monaca, the rough suburbs of Rome, Enzo Ceccotti (Claudio Santamaria) finds out he has developed superpowers after falling...
Francesca Laura Cersosimo
21 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Those Guys at the Cafè: the Macchiaioli
Exhibitions in Rome are known to be mostly about Impressionists and Macchiaioli. If the former group is loved worldwide, not many know...
Flavia Catarinelli
19 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


William Shakespeare: to be continued
In the light of Shakespeare’s celebrations this year, it is opportune to review his background because the Romantic incertitude...
Andrea Di Carlo
16 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Beautifully unhappy Alaska
A young Italian waiter, Fausto (Elio Germano) meets a French model, Nadine (Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey), and, from that moment on, their lives...
Francesca Laura Cersosimo
15 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Youth by Joseph Conrad
England, end of the 19th Century. A group of men, all belonging to the merchant navy, are having some drinks, while talking about their...
Antonella Codeferi
10 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Sorrentino's perspective on youth
Two friends over 70, Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) and Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel), spend the long days of their summer holidays in a...
Francesca Laura Cersosimo
7 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Gaetano Previati: how art and science create masterpieces
Both Romantic and Symbolist, the work of Gaetano Previati (1852-1920) is part of that last Italian attempt to create an art of an...

Giulia Carletti
5 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Giorgio de Chirico and the Metaphysical painting
"To become truly immortal a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers...

Giulia Carletti
2 apr 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Don't be bad by Claudio Caligari
Set in the 90s, Don't be bad talks about Cesare (Luca Marinelli) and Vittorio (Alessandro Borghi), two friends who have known each other...
Francesca Laura Cersosimo
31 mar 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min


Room by Lenny Abrahamson
Since the first frames of the movie, we are inside “the room”. The camera shows some details of a tiny space where a mother (Brie...
Tommaso Carlo Mascolo
27 mar 2016Tempo di lettura: 2 min
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